1972 United States presidential election in California
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The 1972 United States presidential election in California refers to how California participated in the 1972 United States presidential election.
California voted for the Republican incumbent, Richard Nixon, over the Democratic challenger, South Dakota Senator George McGovern. Nixon took 55.00% of the vote to McGovern's 41.54%, a margin of 13.46%. Although California was Richard Nixon's home state, his performance in the state was somewhat underwhelming, as California's result was about 11% more Democratic than the nation as a whole.
This was the first presidential election in which California had the most electoral college votes as a result of the 1970 census, a status it has maintained ever since.
Results[edit]
| United States presidential election in California, 1972[1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Republican | Richard Nixon (incumbent) | 4,602,096 | 55.00% | 45 | |
Democratic | George McGovern | 3,475,847 | 41.54% | 0 | |
American Independent | John G. Schmitz | 232,554 | 2.78% | 0 | |
Peace and Freedom | Benjamin Spock | 55,167 | 0.66% | 0 | |
Libertarian | John Hospers (write-in) | 980 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Socialist Workers | Linda Jenness (write-in) | 574 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Communist | Gus Hall (write-in) | 373 | 0.00% | 0 | |
Socialist Labor | Louis Fisher (write-in) | 197 | 0.00% | 0 | |
Prohibition Party | E. Harold Munn (write-in) | 53 | 0.00% | 0 | |
Universal Party | Gabriel Green (write-in) | 21 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| Invalid or blank votes | — | ||||
Totals | 8,367,862 | 100.00% | 45 | ||
| Voter turnout | — | ||||
Results by county[edit]
| County | Nixon | Votes | McGovern | Votes | Schmitz | Votes | Others | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Orange | 68.27% | 448,291 | 26.93% | 176,847 | 4.36% | 28,634 | 0.44% | 2,881 |
Inyo | 68.07% | 4,873 | 28.02% | 2,006 | 3.35% | 240 | 0.56% | 40 |
Mono | 66.88% | 1,872 | 29.58% | 828 | 2.79% | 78 | 0.75% | 21 |
Alpine | 63.54% | 366 | 33.85% | 195 | 1.22% | 7 | 1.39% | 8 |
Ventura | 63.20% | 95,310 | 32.70% | 49,307 | 3.70% | 5,586 | 0.40% | 602 |
Sutter | 62.45% | 10,224 | 33.04% | 5,409 | 3.95% | 647 | 0.56% | 92 |
Imperial | 62.05% | 14,178 | 34.93% | 7,982 | 2.66% | 607 | 0.36% | 82 |
San Diego | 61.82% | 371,627 | 34.34% | 206,455 | 3.36% | 20,188 | 0.48% | 2,867 |
Calaveras | 60.76% | 4,119 | 33.46% | 2,268 | 4.48% | 304 | 1.30% | 88 |
Kern | 60.14% | 71,686 | 35.18% | 41,937 | 4.29% | 5,112 | 0.38% | 458 |
Tulare | 59.93% | 36,048 | 36.20% | 21,775 | 3.45% | 2,076 | 0.42% | 251 |
San Bernardino | 59.73% | 144,689 | 35.49% | 85,986 | 4.27% | 10,342 | 0.51% | 1,239 |
Napa | 59.61% | 23,403 | 37.01% | 14,529 | 2.91% | 1,141 | 0.48% | 188 |
Glenn | 59.01% | 4,569 | 34.62% | 2,681 | 5.92% | 458 | 0.45% | 35 |
Modoc | 58.49% | 2,085 | 35.65% | 1,271 | 5.27% | 188 | 0.59% | 21 |
Riverside | 58.00% | 108,120 | 38.41% | 71,591 | 3.13% | 5,843 | 0.46% | 850 |
Butte | 57.61% | 28,819 | 36.78% | 18,401 | 4.93% | 2,468 | 0.68% | 340 |
San Benito | 57.56% | 3,961 | 37.52% | 2,582 | 4.48% | 308 | 0.44% | 30 |
Colusa | 57.56% | 2,715 | 38.37% | 1,810 | 3.54% | 167 | 0.53% | 25 |
Monterey | 57.04% | 47,004 | 39.49% | 32,545 | 2.76% | 2,274 | 0.71% | 585 |
Yuba | 56.95% | 6,623 | 38.13% | 4,435 | 4.45% | 518 | 0.46% | 54 |
Kings | 56.52% | 10,509 | 39.12% | 7,274 | 3.99% | 742 | 0.38% | 70 |
Mariposa | 56.15% | 2,122 | 39.35% | 1,487 | 3.73% | 141 | 0.77% | 29 |
San Luis Obispo | 55.98% | 28,566 | 40.72% | 20,779 | 2.27% | 1,156 | 1.04% | 532 |
San Joaquin | 55.30% | 61,646 | 39.53% | 44,062 | 4.51% | 5,027 | 0.66% | 734 |
Santa Barbara | 55.19% | 67,075 | 41.64% | 50,609 | 2.55% | 3,103 | 0.62% | 754 |
Lake | 55.12% | 6,477 | 40.13% | 4,715 | 4.33% | 509 | 0.42% | 49 |
Los Angeles | 54.75% | 1,549,717 | 42.04% | 1,189,977 | 2.54% | 71,978 | 0.66% | 18,698 |
Sonoma | 54.72% | 57,697 | 41.49% | 43,746 | 3.03% | 3,192 | 0.76% | 799 |
Nevada | 54.68% | 8,004 | 38.89% | 5,693 | 5.93% | 868 | 0.50% | 73 |
Merced | 54.33% | 17,737 | 42.62% | 13,914 | 2.56% | 836 | 0.49% | 161 |
Tuolumne | 54.29% | 5,894 | 42.34% | 4,596 | 2.75% | 299 | 0.62% | 67 |
El Dorado | 54.20% | 11,330 | 41.40% | 8,654 | 3.80% | 794 | 0.61% | 127 |
Contra Costa | 54.13% | 139,044 | 43.49% | 111,718 | 1.83% | 4,701 | 0.55% | 1,421 |
Solano | 54.02% | 31,314 | 42.73% | 24,766 | 2.79% | 1,616 | 0.46% | 269 |
Amador | 53.40% | 3,533 | 40.89% | 2,705 | 5.14% | 340 | 0.57% | 38 |
San Mateo | 52.82% | 135,377 | 42.82% | 109,745 | 1.59% | 4,079 | 2.77% | 7,096 |
Madera | 52.61% | 7,835 | 44.18% | 6,580 | 2.87% | 428 | 0.33% | 49 |
Marin | 52.10% | 54,123 | 45.64% | 47,414 | 1.28% | 1,326 | 0.98% | 1,020 |
Santa Clara | 51.90% | 237,334 | 45.60% | 208,506 | 1.80% | 8,236 | 0.70% | 3,217 |
Del Norte | 51.82% | 2,927 | 38.17% | 2,156 | 9.12% | 515 | 0.89% | 50 |
Siskiyou | 51.46% | 7,563 | 43.78% | 6,434 | 4.23% | 621 | 0.53% | 78 |
Stanislaus | 51.41% | 39,521 | 45.54% | 35,005 | 2.53% | 1,943 | 0.52% | 398 |
Mendocino | 51.01% | 11,128 | 43.25% | 9,435 | 4.81% | 1,050 | 0.92% | 201 |
Lassen | 50.80% | 3,618 | 44.00% | 3,134 | 4.49% | 320 | 0.70% | 50 |
Trinity | 50.75% | 1,868 | 44.04% | 1,621 | 4.59% | 169 | 0.62% | 23 |
Fresno | 50.44% | 79,051 | 46.38% | 72,682 | 2.51% | 3,927 | 0.68% | 1,059 |
Placer | 50.34% | 18,597 | 45.77% | 16,911 | 3.39% | 1,251 | 0.50% | 186 |
Santa Cruz | 49.88% | 34,799 | 46.35% | 32,336 | 2.77% | 1,931 | 0.99% | 693 |
Sacramento | 49.00% | 141,218 | 47.63% | 137,287 | 2.72% | 7,841 | 0.65% | 1,875 |
Humboldt | 48.83% | 22,345 | 46.18% | 21,132 | 4.14% | 1,896 | 0.85% | 390 |
Tehama | 48.73% | 6,054 | 41.65% | 5,175 | 9.34% | 1,161 | 0.27% | 34 |
Sierra | 47.51% | 629 | 49.70% | 658 | 2.04% | 27 | 0.76% | 10 |
Shasta | 46.68% | 16,618 | 48.35% | 17,214 | 4.48% | 1,595 | 0.49% | 176 |
Plumas | 46.42% | 2,952 | 48.07% | 3,057 | 5.00% | 318 | 0.52% | 33 |
Alameda | 42.84% | 201,862 | 55.02% | 259,254 | 1.47% | 6,930 | 0.67% | 3,149 |
Yolo | 42.04% | 17,969 | 55.44% | 23,694 | 1.87% | 800 | 0.64% | 275 |
San Francisco | 41.82% | 127,461 | 56.07% | 170,882 | 1.21% | 3,702 | 0.89% | 2,725 |
References[edit]
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